The death toll in a West Texas shooting rampage increased to seven Sunday as authorities investigated why a man stopped by state troopers for failing to signal a left turn opened fire on them and fled, shooting more than 20 people as he drove before being killed by officers outside a movie theater.
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Harold Prince, a Broadway director and producer who pushed the boundaries of musical theater with such groundbreaking shows as “The Phantom of the Opera,” ”Cabaret,” ”Company” and “Sweeney Todd” and won a staggering 21 Tony Awards, has died. He was 91.
Read moreJames Siniscalchi, 46, of New York City, defrauded investors of $2.7 million in a Broadway show ticket scam, the SEC claims in federal court.
Read moreAn acclaimed Russian theater and film director was freed from house arrest Monday, a verdict that follows longtime calls for his release from prominent cultural figures worldwide.
Read moreThe directors of Italy’s premier opera house, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, are meeting to decide whether to accept controversial funding from Saudi Arabia.
Read moreThe threat of legal action hurt the children the most.And Toni
Ruscio, president of Curtain Call Theatre in Braintree, Massachusetts, was the
one who had to tell them that the show – “To Kill a Mockingbird” – would not go
on.
La Scala’s season premiere Friday of a new production of Verdi’s “Attila” takes on contemporary themes of male leaders selling out to self-interest while the final act of heroism falls to a woman.
Read moreAfter more than 125 performances in “The Nutcracker” in Rhode Island, a 19-year-old Yorkshire terrier named Archie is leaving the stage.
Read moreRussia’s arguably best-known contemporary theater and film director pleaded not guilty Wednesday as his fraud trial opened in Moscow.
Read moreAmericans are increasingly turning to festivals, musicals and other venues for entertainment, and while large swathes of adults still read fiction or go to the movies, a new study found interest in those art forms is in decline.
Read moreA federal judge has advanced one of three lawsuits against an investment bank tied to the $81 million ticket-resale scam involving the Broadway musical “Hamilton.”
Read moreA complicated copyright case involving one of the world’s great authors and the character Zorro received a little more clarity Friday, thanks to a federal judge’s ruling.
Read moreForeclosing the chance that Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” would see a courtroom preview, producers and the estate of Harper Lee announced Thursday that they settled their artistic differences.
Read moreGranting a Broadway production company’s request to move a lawsuit over its stage adaption of “To Kill a Mockingbird” from Alabama to New York, a federal judge said Monday that a live courtroom performance could be needed to decide the case.
Read moreHollywood producer Scott Rudin’s theater company filed a $10 million countersuit against the estate of author Harper Lee for trying to block an upcoming stage adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and offered a courtroom performance featuring actor Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch.
Read moreThe representative of the estate of famed American author Harper Lee sued a New York theater production company, accusing it of changing too much in its upcoming stage adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Read moreMoviePass, the subscription-based movie ticket service, filed a lawsuit against competitor Sinemia for patent infringement on Friday, claiming that the rival company offers a service that’s “remarkably similar.”
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A trade group for Broadway producers served up a federal complaint dripping with drama Tuesday, accusing the Teamsters union and eight casting companies of staging a “casting cartel” that has wrought devastation on the Great White Way.
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